>> is dw news, live from berlin. a fresh blow for the chinese tech powerhouse hallway. google a announces it is barring the couple become blocking access to some of its serviceces in line with u.s. government restrictioions. could this decision and up hurting consumers? austria's political crisis deepens as ministers from the far right freedom party quit their government posts. that is after the chancellor sacked his interior minister in

the wake of a corruption scandal. it is the document at the core of germany's democracy. the basic law is 70 years old, week same and it means for the country today. ♪ >> i am carl nasman. to our viewers on pbs the u.s. and all around the world, welcome. google has barred the world's largest -- the second-largest cell phone maker, huawei from using many of its products. last week a much up administration limited the amount of businesses -- business american copies can do with the tech giant. their decision means huawei loses access to some of the android operating system and to popular google apps such as gmail and youtube. >> there is dismay in europe

about the news that many google services will no longer be available on n huawei smartphon. in rome, this businessman has lost faith in the chinese manufacturer. >> i would very much get angry at huawei, who sold the something that google does not recognize anymore. i will send it back. >> the u.s. government has added the chinese company to a trade blacklist, which this munich residentnt finds hard to accept. >> the sort of thing is unacceptable. it is the customer that has to suffer because of some argument the americans s have with chinee companies. i think it is totally unjustified. >> back in beijing, chinese foreign ministry's spokesman said the chinese government would defend thehe chinese interests. >> china will confirm this and look at it and pay attention. at the same time, china supports chinese companies to use legal weapons to defend their

legitimate rights. >> washington is also blocking u.s. technology firms from providing microchips to huawei. the company says it has many supplies in stock. the u.s. government considers huawei and national security threat. it has only banned huawei parts and the buildup of america's 5g internet data network. it is stepping up pressure on several european allies to do the same. carl: the senior editor of vice media joins me in berlin. teresa, how much of a setback is this for huawei? this is the second-largest smartphone maker in the world? >> they have a lot of customers in europe and europeans like using their google suite and google maps and gmail apps. in the long run, it will make phones much momo insecure e for users and why people will keep using their smart phones, they will probably not buy new ones.

>> if you have a huawei smartphone, what would you tell someone? what should they do? >> keep using it. update one of the update is available. the security updates might get through a little late, because there is a system that is called an open software system, which means that while way can still rely on open source software updates to come through. it does not mean that they can use them as they come through. it's probably in the long run, a security risk. carl: don't throw it in the trash yet. is it google taking this action or are other companies blocking them as well? theresa: some other companies have also called it quits with huawei. including qualcomm and some chip manufacturers. it is also the hardware manufacturers that are calling for it.

carl: the u.s. and china, they are in the middle of this trade dispute. they are not agreeing on the lot. one of the larger implications here? theresa: the larger implication is that huawei cannot enter markets or deliver to markets that it wants to enter. the u.s. government is accusing while way of instant -- while way -- huawei of installing backdoors. if there is proof of that, it hasn't been made public. carl: if china decides to retaliate, what kind of situation are they and if they can -- if they want to take aim at, say, apple? theresa: they have their own operating system. they have been preparing for a situation like that. nobody really knows how competent -- competitive it is. huawei would like to use the

existing economics and existing economics of current software programs. carl: this could be affecting smartphone users. we will see what is happening there. thank you so much. let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. just after the former comedian was sworn in as president of ukraine, he is announced he will dissolve parliament and hold new elections in two months. he says his first challenge is to end the conflict with russia in eastern ukraine. paris's eiffel tower was close as someone tried to scale the landmark. the towers media office says the individual climbed the outside of the tower. he seemed to have made it to just below the top viewing platform. rescuers are reported to have persuaded the man to come down. former south african president jacob zuma is back in court, where his lawyers have argued he

cannot expect a fair trial on corruption charges. he was forced to resign last year amid charges of fraud and racketeering relating to an arms deal worth more than $2 million in the late 1990's. with just days to go before european elections, austria is in the midst of a political crisis. the country's jewel -- junior coalition partner, the far right freedom party, has announced all of its ministers will step down for the government posts. it comes as the chancellor proposed the country's president fires the far right interior minister as a consequence of allegations of bribery leveled against the vice chancellor. our correspondent joins us from vienna. with all of these far right ministers resigning, nearly the entire cabinet has fallen apart. what does this mean for the austrian government? >> it means the austrian

government will now have to hold on by the edge of the table. they will have a hard time to keep an office. they will have to look for caretaker ministers. however, it is not quite clear whether that will go through in parliament. a motion of no-confidence has -- will be tabled on wednesday. it will already be in parliament next monday. this whole affair that started as a small affair about the freedom party, is now beginning to engulf the chancellor, and the prime minister. a dangerous time for him, who had started in office with chest -- such high hopes. carl: let's talk about the chancellor. he has to renew his whole government in snap elections that have been announced for september. how difficult of a task will it

be for him to retain his own post? barbara: it is not quite clear how this will go play out. the first indications will be european elections on sunday. we don't know how much the voters are going to punish the freedom party. they are co-borders will stick to them -- for voters will stick to them. they might really punish them. they may give courts of boost or they might punish everybody who has been in this government that will yet to be shown. the pollsters in austria don't dare to guess. they say everything is up in flavor. we don't know what will happen. the chancellor is in an endangered position. it has taken him three days to end the coalition with the freedom party. that is something he could have

and should have done last friday. we will see what he can do and what his next step will be. carl: do we know he will investigate these allegatioionsf corruption that came from this secretly filmed video? barbara: nobody knows and everybody is guessing. a former spin doctor of social democrats, who started some rather nasty interventions during the election campaign in 2017 had first been under suspicion. he denies it vigorously. nobody knows. rumors are swirling. a lot of fun will be had chasing the people who put the trap up that the freedom party went into so drunkenly. carl: thank you very much. you are watching dw news. still to come, the first black woman director and the running to win the palm dealer atat the con lmlm festival -- palme d'or

at the cannes film festival . iran is appealing to the united nations to help ease tensions in the persian gulf. that is after a weekend of taunts when donald trump threatened to "and iran -- "end iran." relations between the two countries have worsened over the past year after washington told out of the 2015 deal aimed at curbing iran's nuclear program. >> iran's foreign minister did not mince words and his response to trumps threats. donald trump hopes to achieve what alexander the great collecting a scone and other aggressors failed to do. iranians have stood tall for millennia while the aggressors are all gone. genocide of taunts will not and iran. never threaten an iranian. try respect.

it works. >> it was all in response to donald trump's tweet. on the streets of the iranian capital, not everybody felt war was looming. >> war won't happen. if trump could start one, he would have done it by now. if he threatens to come for us, then come, because if you say something, you have to act on it. let's see how much of a man you are. >> naturally, trump did not and does not want war. apparently some countries in the region are pushing them in that direction. >> that we are seeing is the military equipment that the u.s. about the gulf. they wants to get results. results could be war or iran sitting down for negotiations. >> in recent days, the trump administration has to -- deployed bombers in an aircraft carrier to the gulf, citing iranian threats.

on monday, tehran up the ante and announced it could caught -- cut -- quadruple its production of enriched iranian. it would soon go beyond the stockpile it -- limitations established by the 2015 nuclear corn -- accord. carl: helena humphrey can tell us more on that. welcome. u.s. warships are on their way to the region. this is clearly much more than an exchange of angry tweets, right? helena: right. that is certainly the concern. it is not the first time the u.s. p president has waged a war of words. it is fair to say that there is concern in the international community that this tactic could one day go too far. that was the warning from the british foreman -- foreign secretary, saying, let us not see these two countries trip into warfare.

iran is bringing its own provocation. earlier today, it announced it has up its e enrichment of eithr -- uranium. it remains within the parameters of the 2015 nuclear deal. what we are seeing overall is trump's particular brand of foreign policy, flattery and then, battery, battery with that harsh rhetoric on those tweets. yesterday, remember, we saw the president appeared on fox news, saying i don't want to go to war with iran and wars hurt economies before adding, it also leads to loss of life. confused rhetoric, leading many people to question whether the unit is president is sure of his position on iran, or whether he is being influenced heavenly in washington dc. carl: speaking of influencecarl: , a couple of years ago, john bolton wrote an op-ed that was

entitled "to stop iran's bomb, bomb iran how much influence does john bolton have any white house? there are certainly reports and talk in washington about the fact that john bolton may be a man who was looking for a war on several fronts, whether that is with regards to intervention with venezuela, north korea, and now also with iran. there is some debate as to the movement of those u.s. military ships. whether that is something that is ready for warfare or whether it is readying for psychological warfare, and effort to bring iran back to the negotiation table on ththe 2015 nuclear dea. up until now, washington has used economic sanctions in a bid to get iran to return to the table. that is something these accusations of john bolton being the man that is pulling the strings, what has been echoed by the iranian foreign minister himself, but we did yesterday,

saying that trump is being influenced by john bolton as well as the israeli prime minister and the saudi crown prince, the writing these people as a trinity who comprise the team of foreign affairs. thank you very much. carl: germany's constitution or basic law marks its 70th anniversary this week. it came into effect in 1949 after being written under the supervision of the victorious allied powers. its aim was toonsure thatat aftr years of nazi dictatorship and the destruction of war, the new federal republic of germany was built on solid democratic foundations. 40 years later, when west and east were united, the constitutionon was adopted in te new -- new rina five germany. article one of the constitution states that human dignity is inviolable. how realistic is that for everyone in today's germany?

as part of our series, it's my right, our next story looks at what dignity means to a german who was homeless for 10 years. >> going to the toilet, taking a shower, the normal things for everyone. how can you do this when you are homeless echoed it is not so simple. >> he lived on the streets for 10 years. he was always on the move, looking for some thing to eat. somewhere to sleep. he says it was a life without dignity. >> dominic was 16 when his motherer threw him out. the strereets of san palo became

his desk think p pali became his homes -- st. pauli became his home. greg's we fight oversleeping backs. people t treat you like dirt. they understood and bagag or battery with something. ththey may not -- there may note a tomorrow. you end up living for the here and now. >> dominic got his high school diploma and volunteered in a clothing depot for refugees. people worse off than him. he sees s this thing all the ti. police wake up a sleepingg homelessss man and tell l him to move on. >> this is also a question of dignity. who among us that sits down somewhere at lunchtime expects to be approached by three police officers check out you see have it on gloves, because they are

disgusted. that is no way for people to treat each other. >> dominic is w working to offer homeless people some dignity. he has collected donations to pay y for shower bus -- a shower bus, a bathroom on wheels with a dressing room full of clean clothes. he learned what hygiene could mean to a person when he was living on the streets. >> body and soul go hand-in-hand. at some e point, if you are physically dirty, you turn inwards anand feel that you are dadark. it has a l lot to do with the -- dignity and feelings of self-w-wth. they -- these are things s that are lost on the streets.s. i hope t this bus can help. taking showers to people who need them. >> dominik got his life in order. he is 30 and for the first time, his existence is fairly secure. he has worked, he's goals. -- he has goals. he has friends.

most importantly, he says -- >> i have an apartment. i appreciate what that means. for me, it is a luxury to sleep in my boxer shorts or wash whenever i need to. >> people of dignity -- people have dignity, and that is inviolable. it should apply to everyone. washing is a large part of that. carl: qatar's preparations for the world cup are in full swing. the decision to award the company into the gulf state is mired in controversy, especially around the workers who are forced been seen so far. our next report offers an inside look of the migrant laborers toiling in harsh conditions. >> once a poor pearl diving country, cutter is a playground

of the superrich. the discovery of the world's largest natural gas fields turned the ministate into a major power. and -- an image they are keen to project. -- protect. not least as the host of the 2020 people world cup. seven new stadiums are planned in total. one is finished. this -- the stadium features cutting edge design and high-tech cooling systems. the head of the organizing committee says qatar is setting new stanandards in the gulf. >> our goal is to ensure that the safety, security health and dignity of everyone living in the state is maintained to the highest standards. >> that said, there is a vast golf between the lives of the superrich and the lives of the migrant workers, were building guitars -- qatar's stadiums in

40 degree heat. they work up to 10 hours a day, six days a week. medical treatment is supposed to be free. as our meals and internet. housing is cramped and simple. it looks clean. is this enough? we were allowed to ask one worker questions. his boss interprets. >> how much money per hour do you get here? >> the pay is very good. it's no problem. >> no problem, but how much is it? >> the workers are paid by the month. >> how much per month? >> should i really say how much i earn? should i really? it is 380 euros. >> human rights watch says wages

are often much lower and that migrant construction workers may be paid late, or not at all. unions are banned in qatar and there's often no legal recourse. the situation for migrant workers is still quite harsh. workers are still -- still suffer from explication -- exploitation and art vulnerable to forced labor, even though we have heard. the head of the organizing committee admits there are problems. >> laws have been intermittent. companies are applying it. not all companies are. there will be situations where people, their full rights are not being provided. >> if qatar is serious about protecting the rights of foreign workers, there is still a lot to be done. in the lead up to the 2020 22 people world cup and beyond.

carl: after more than 70 years, the cannes festival is experiencing a true premier. mati diop is the first black woman director in the running to win the palme d'or. her film, "atlantics," has been described as a ghost story set in a senegalese workers strike. they turned to the ocean in hopes of a better life in europe. >> mati diop says her film portrays the atlantic ocean as a supernatural force, which is swallowing up senegal's youth. >> as a black woman, i missed black figures and black characters. it's also why i made this film. i needed to see black people

onscreen. >> "atlantics," tells the story of a girl whose poor parents arranged for her to marry a wealthy man, but she is secretly in love with a building worker. when he and the other men set out on a boat fofor europe, the- the notable happens. they all drownwn. she can't believe he is gone. >> the actress says she is humbled by the film's success. her costar sees a message beyond the tale of love and beyond death. >> i would love for our parents to learn to this film that forced marriages do not help their children. they do it so their children don't hang around the streets.

i think a marriage should be based on love. >> the entire cast and crew were there for the premier. mati diop says it is sad that they had to wait 72 years to see a black woman director. carl: here is a reminder now of the top stories we are following. google says it has barred chinese tech company huawei from using many of its products. the u.s. internet giants as it is responding to a decision by the trumpet administration too categorize huawei as a national security threat. the move means they're smart phone owners could have only limited access to google services in the future. austria's government is on the brink of collapse as all ministers from the far right freedom party quit their posts. that is after the chancellor said he was a fire his far right interior minister.

the latest consequence of a bribery scandal which has engulfed his junior coalition partner. you're watching dw news. coming up next, on the day, the cult tv series game of thrones has e ended a after eightears, t not all fans are happy with thee ououtcome. we will get reaction to the final episode and rank that show in the all-time greats. there will be most boilers if you have not seen it yet. you're -- you're watching dw news from berlin. i will be back off -- after the break to take you through the day. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] .

hello you're watching friends twenty four i'm james creating these are headlines at this evening a new instalment in austria's political crisis all ministers from the far right freedom party. have resigned from the country's coalition government the move follows influence peddling allegations of soul the vice chancellor. of freedom party leader stepped down. and steve bannon former strategist for donald trump is in the french capital breeze given multiple interviews to french media criticizing among you would not call ahead all. european elections he also praised the far right leader marine le pen's campaign. despite her publicly distancing herself from him. and french doctors have begun

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